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Motorola Solutions on the well-equipped police officer

Motorola Solutions representatives discuss the company’s future vision for law-enforcement communications, as well as a new covert radio.

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Briefs: Datron adds payloads to Scout UAV

Also: TCS part of federal contract; USMSS names executive director; Tait gets DMR interop certificate; El Salvador deploys Tiburon solution; TrustComm joins SIA.

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Cisco introduces secure network support for government entities

Cisco Systems introduces a service offering dubbed Classified Network Support that is targeted to government entities — particularly those at the federal level — that operate highly sensitive networks and handle equally sensitive data.

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DHS awards Daniels a 5-Year contract for digital radio systems

This contract will provide government public-safety agencies with radios using Daniels latest generation of firmware-based digital radio technology.

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Marines choose Harris multiband radio (with related video)

Under the contract, the Marine Corps will be able to buy Unity XG-100P portable and Unity XG-100M mobile radios for its enterprise LMR program.

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New alerting system to be launched on Saturday (with related video)

Text-based alerts of significant, imminent danger will be able to be sent to most mobile-phone users in a hazardous location in the U.S. beginning Saturday, when the new commercial mobile alert system (CMAS) is scheduled to become operational.

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An invisible enemy (with related video)

Foreign intelligence services and their hackers-for-hire quickly and anonymously steal and transfer massive quantities of data.

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Funding for DHS preparedness grants cut by $1B

The DHS preparedness grants give priority this year to applicants in the nation’s highest-risk areas, including urban areas, with a focus on terrorism prevention.

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TSA saves money by sharing mass-alert system with Coast Guard (with related video)

Under the deal, the TSA will tap into the Coast Guard’s AtHoc IWSAlerts software-based alert system, which allows a range of mass notifications to be issued from one central control point over IP, with the ability to reach an entire agency/company work force through a variety of devices in real-time.

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FEMA debuts mobile app to help citizens during disasters (with related video)

The app lets citizens enter their family emergency meeting locations; review safety tips on what to do before, during and after a disaster; view a map of shelters and disaster-recovery centers across the U.S.; and read the agency’s latest blog posts on disaster incidents and response.

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Motorola Solutions on the well-equipped police officer

News

Briefs: Datron adds payloads to Scout UAV

News

Cisco introduces secure network support for government entities

News

DHS awards Daniels a 5-Year contract for digital radio systems

News

Marines choose Harris multiband radio (with related video)

News

New alerting system to be launched on Saturday (with related video)

Article

An invisible enemy (with related video)

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Funding for DHS preparedness grants cut by $1B

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TSA saves money by sharing mass-alert system with Coast Guard (with related video)

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FEMA debuts mobile app to help citizens during disasters (with related video)

Commentary

LTE and liability: Why the fire service must move forward with digital incident command

Partnership and collaboration must be the foundation for emergency communications

FirstNet success means no hypothetical ‘shots’ need to be fired, Swenson says

Events

UC Ezines

IWCE 2019 Wrap Up

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Newscan: On front lines, communications breakdowns prove costly for Ukraine dlvr.it/ST7fnC

China-backed APT pwns building-automation systems with ProxyLogon dlvr.it/ST6q7m

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Final cases made about Airwave, ESN, before CMA issues provisional decision on Motorola Solutions dlvr.it/ST4Q6X

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